In-laws booked for demanding dowry
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 28 — A Sector 42 resident has reported to the police that she was harassed for bringing inadequate dowry.

According to police sources, Baljit Kaur lodged a compliant that she was married to Satinder Pal Singh and was maltreated for not bringing adequate dowry. She had been sent to her father's home many times in the past to bring more money and other items demanded by her in-laws.

A case under Sections 406, 498-A and 120-B, IPC, has been registered against her husband, Malkit Singh, the father-in-law and the mother-in-law. No arrests have been made so far.

Illicit liquor: The police has arrested Gurbachan Singh, alias Kala, a resident of Kumhar Colony, Sector 25, for possessing 50 pouches of illicit liquor. A case under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act has been registered.

Case registered: A cross case under Sections 147, 148, 323 and 341, IPC, has been registered on the complaint of Manpreet Singh, a resident of Ropar, against Lalit Kumar, a resident of Sector 22 and his accomplices.

Similarly, a case has been registered on the complaint of Lalit Kumar against Manpreet Singh and his friends. Both parties were arrested while fighting near Kiran Cinema.

Nine held: As many as nine persons have been arrested for committing offences in various parts of the city.

Four persons were arrested under preventive action.

Two persons were arrested for roaming about under suspicious circumstances.

Two persons were arrested for driving while under the influence of liquor.

One person was arrested from the Dadu Majra colony since he was wanted in a case registered at the Sector 19 police station.

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Cable stolen: At least 1,000 metres of video cable erected by a local cable operator for transmission of TV programmes from Phase 3B 2 to Phase 7 was allegedly stolen last night. A complaint in this regard has been lodged with the Phase 1 police station.

A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered.

Liquor seized: Three persons have been arrested in two separate cases for allegedly possessing liquor. Iqbal Singh, a resident of Dadu Majra, and Balwinder, a resident of Morinda, were caught with 12 bottles of liquor.

In another case, Rajesh was arrested with nine bottles of liquor.

Musical images for Kargil martyrs
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 28 — Images of hill and dale, innocent pahari girls and royal courts were effectively unfolded by Subhash Ghosh, a disciple of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan through instrumental music during the "Images", a musical show organised by the Academy of Indian Classical Music and Fine Arts to help Kargil martyrs' families and child patients at the APC auditoriuin in PGI tonight.

After a presentation of an ode to Goddess Sarasvati in Raag Hans Dhawani and a song ," Hum Bachon Ko Gian Do" by children, Ghosh and his troupe went on to conjure up various places and moods through the medium of different instruments.

The magic started unfolding with the recital of "Om" in Raag Yaman Kalyan, on a soft and soothing note, with participation of audience in remembering the omnipresent.

Then there was a sudden change in the atmosphere, as the audience saw itself in the midst of a royal durbar, when the troupe touched the famed Raag Durbari, the raaga of "Rajas and Maharajas" and later, the Raag Bhopali.

The serene landscapes, high mountains and beautiful gaddi girls grazing cattle alongside a spring, were all present, for those who had the ability to conjure up the image of these to Ghosh's music when he offered them Raag Pahari, by creating synchronised effects of flowing water. Adding charm to the presentation were the fingers of Vijay Chauhan on flute, and Sarabjit on the Tabla. The show countinued on with raagas such as Raag Bageshwari and Raag Yog, and ended on a happy note with Raag Peelu, the raaga of celebration.

Mr B.K. Sharma, the Director of the PGI, appreciated the effort by the academy to mitigate the sufferings of child patients and for raising funds for the welfare of Kargil heroes.

Cucumber, brinjal cheaper
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 28 — The prices of cucumber and brinjal have come down while that of capsicum has witnessed an upward trend in the local market during the past four days.

During a survey of the local market, it was found that a kg of cucumber, priced at Rs 16 last week, could be purchased today at between Rs 10 and Rs 12. The wholesale price has dipped from Rs 60 to Rs 40 per 5 kg. The same was the case with brinjal as its price came down from Rs 16 to Rs 12 a kg in retail and Rs 60 to Rs 45 per 5 kg in the wholesale market. The situation was an outcome of brightening up of arrivals from parts of Punjab and Haryana.

On the other hand, capsicum was costlier. A kg of the vegetable, priced at Rs 32 two days ago, could be purchased at Rs 40. The wholesale price increased from Rs 115 to Rs 130 per 5 kg. According to traders, the price increased due to lesser arrivals in the market from Himachal Pradesh.

The price of lemon started coming down due to more arrivals in the market. A kg of the vegetable, which was available at Rs 40 just three days back, could be purchased at Rs 30 in the retail market. In the wholesale market, the price came down from Rs 170 to Rs 130 per 5 kg.

There was slight fall in the price of lady's finger which could be purchased at Rs 14.

There was no change in the prices of other vegetables. A kg of ''arbi'' could still be purchased at Rs 16, while ''tori'' was priced at Rs 20 in retail and Rs 75 in the wholesale market. Similarly, ''tinda'' was priced at Rs 28 in retail and Rs 120 per 5 kg in wholesale market.

Tomato could be purchased at Rs 20, while one could buy onion and potato at Rs 10 and Rs 4 a kg. Cauliflower and cabbage were priced at Rs 35 and Rs 15 a kg, respectively.

Judo gold for Vandana, Dimple
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 28 — Vandana Saini of Government Model High School, Sector 36, and Dimple Sharma of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, clinched gold medals in the under-19 section in below-36 kg and below-40 kg categories, respectively, of the Inter-School Judo Competitions held at the Sector 42 sports complex.

Others winners in various weight categories are as follows: Priyanka Gupta (44 kg), Priyanka Chauhan (48 kg), Kulwinder Kaur (52 kg), Jyotsna (56 kg), Mrignayani (61 kg), Sakshi Aggarwal (above 61 kg).

In the under-17 section, Ranjit Kaur secured the gold medal in below-40 kg category while Pratibha Syal won in the below-44 kg class.

In the under-14 section, the gold medal winners were as follows: Sarita (23kg), Pooja Jalan (27 kg), Shallpreet (32 kg), Dimpy Pawar (36 kg), Kamal Saini (40 kg), Anisha (44 kg), Isha (above 44 kg).

League soccer: AG (Audit) Haryana defeated Mouli Football Club, 6-2, while Chandigarh Football Club blanked Liberty Club, 6-0, in the Chandigarh Senior Soccer League which entered its ninth day here today at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 44.

In the first match, AG (Audit) team opened its account with Suraj scoring the first goal in the 4th minute of the match. This was followed by Rajesh Sharma's goal in the 8th minute. The third goal was scored in the 16th minute by Suraj. At half time, the score was 3-0.

In the second half, Varinder of AG (Audit) scored the 4th goal in the 5th minute and the 5th one in the 58th minute of the match. Later, Mouli Club did scored quick goals in the 62nd and 63rd minutes through striker Lalit and left winger Akshay Singh, respectively. AG (Audit) Haryana scored the 6th goal in the 65th minute through right half Surinder Kumar. AG Haryana have thus qualified for the super league.

In the second match, Chandigarh Football Club players who scored the goals for the winners included Aminder (two), Ajay Pal (three) and Baldev (one ).

Fine century: A fine century by Amarjit Kumar who scored 109 runs off 75 balls with 15 fours and one six enabled LIC Employees Cricket Club beat New India Assurance Co. Ltd team by 101 runs in the Inter-employees Cricket Tournament at the Sector 5 cricket grounds in Panchkula.

The LIC team made 183 runs for five wickets in 25 overs while the New India Assurance team could score 82 runs and were all out. Amarjit Kumar was declared the man of the match.

TT titles: Meenakshi of Jalandhar and Mandeep of Chandigarh bagged the sub-junior girls' and boys' singles titles, respectively, in the Prof. R.S. Mehta Memorial Table Tennis Tournament which entered its penultimate day here today.

In the final played here today, Meenakshi got the better of Charu, also of Jalandhar, in three games, 17-21, 21-12, 21-15, while Mandeep defeated Sajal Kaushal, also of Chandigarh, in two straight games, 21-12, 21-11.

The junior girls' singles final will be played between Gurinder and Rishu Puri, both of Jalandhar, while in the boys' final, it will be Sumit Beri of Jalandhar versus Neeraj Kumar of Haryana.

The women who have made it to the last eight included Rajni Gupta, Tejinder, Rajni Dhawan, Nitika, Anu, Shikha Sharma, Kuldeep and Barkha KC.

The other results are as follows: Sub-junior boys semi-finals — Mandeep Singh b Sher Bahadur, 21-19, 21-14; Sajal Kaushal b Aditya Puri, 21-9, 21-19.

Quarterfinals — Aditya Puri b Jitender Kapoor, 23-21, 22-24, 21-17; Sher Bahadur b Vaibhav, 21-13, 21-10; Mandeep Singh b Harpreet, 21-11, 21-12; Sajal Kaushal b Amit Kumar, 21-12, 21-13.

Girls semi-finals — Charu b Ramanpreet Kaur, 21-16, 21-17; Meenakshi b Nadia Saini, 21-19, 15-21, 21-18.

Quarterfinals — Nadia Saini b Komal, 21-15, 21-17; Ramanpreet Kaur b Ritika, 26-24, 21-19; Meenakshi b Taranpreet, 21-12, 21-15; Charu b Arshdeep, 21-17, 21-15.

Junior boys singles semi-finals — Sumit b Ramit Singla, 21-4, 21-16, 21-23, 21-18; Neeraj b Varun Kassal, 21-19, 17-21, 11-21, 21-17, 21-18.

Quarterfinals — Sumit b Ritesh Chauhan, 17-21, 21-17, 18-21, 21-19, 21-11; Ramit b Komal Jasrotia, 21-18, 21-19, 21-17; Varun b Rahul Bose, 21-8, 21-18, 21-16; Neeraj Kumar b Kanishk Saini, 21-15, 21-9, 21-18.

Girls semi-finals — Gurinder b Hardeeep, 21-19, 21-13, 21-8; Rishu Puri b Amarpreet Kaur, 22-20, 18-21, 21-17, 21-11.

Quarterfinals — Rishu b Ruchi Gautam, 21-11, 21-5, 21-15; Gurinder b Meenakshi, 21-16, 21-10, 21-6; Amarpreet Kaur b Rajni Verma, 17-21, 17-21, 21-17, 21-11, 21-15; Hardeep b Nadia Saini, 13-21, 21-15, 19-21, 21-15, 21-15.